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The HSRC Research Data Service provides a digital repository facility for the HSRC's research data in support of evidence based human and social development in South Africa and the broader region. Access to data is dependent on ethical requirements for protecting research participants, as well as on legal agreements with the owners, funders or in the case of data owned by the HSRC, the requirements of the depositors of the data. We facilitate data use by preparing comprehensive metadata and disseminating data and related documents to appropriate target audiences. Data sharing is subject to an End User License agreement. Data sets from the following projects have been curated and are available for use:
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Research data: GENDER EQUALITY
2018 Why we need a separate commission for gender equality
The brief considers the recommendations of a 2007 report (known colloquially as the Asmal Report) which argues for the eventual consolidatio...
Download this report2018 A gendered analysis of policy developments in South Africa: towards a re-evaluation of substantive gender equality
The purpose of this policy brief is to conduct an historical analysis of policy developments in South Africa, from the Reconstruction and De...
Download this report2018 'Let's talk about sex': the state of gender in IORA for a future agenda
Gender equality is high on global the global agenda. With the adoption of the sustainable development goals, the world reaffirmed its commit...
2018 The voices of landless women: fighting racism and sexism
During apartheid, black women in South Africa faced double discrimination, based on race and gender. The resultant poverty and inequality pe...